the house bewildered. Though they listened to the letter of the princess, when it was read to them, they did not realize its contents and lost all interest in life, moaning, that they had no one to live for, nothing to do in the world, and refusing to taste the deathless medicine they took to their beds never to rise again.  The general returned with the soldiers to the royal palace and told minutely all that had happened and how unsuccessful they had been in trying to detain the princess. When the Mikado received the vial and read the letter, he was overwhelmed with grief and refused to eat or to allow the musicians to amuse him, but calling an officer he bade him seek out the highest mountain in the land, one that was nearest heaven, ascending which he was to kindle a fire on the topmost
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